I think if I trusted the butcher, I'd take it and say thank you.

To bake. And indeed, does he not have a medical recommendation to eat cannabis?

Scales are useful for that.

FDA advisers back Celebrex for children despite risks November 30, 2006

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Children as young as 2 who suffer from arthritis can be treated with Celebrex, but to ensure the painkiller doesn't put them at later risk for heart attacks, their health should be tracked for decades, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said yesterday.The panel voted 15 to 1 to recommend expanded use of the Pfizer Inc. drug, even though eight members said the treatment can be toxic for children. Those who said Celebrex is safe did so begrudgingly, citing the short time it was studied in children and a flawed study design that Pfizer selected and the FDA approved.

The FDA does not have to follow its advisers' guidance, but often does so. During the hearing, the panel struggled with how to implement long-term safety surveillance without placing barriers between patients and a drug that works for many.

Because children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis could be prescribed Celebrex or other painkillers for years, Pfizer should establish a patient registry to track such health indicators as blood pressure and kidney function for as long as three decades, the panel said. Celebrex can raise blood pressure and potentially place children who take it at higher risk for suffering a heart attack decades later, advisers said.

Dr. Eric Holmboe criticized Pfizer's proposal to monitor side-effect reports that doctors routinely file with the FDA, saying such a voluntary reporting system would be a "very weak instrument" for tracking long-term health outcomes. A patient registry could pinpoint health problems earlier, Holmboe, a vice president of the American Board of Internal Medicine , said later in an interview.

All of these problems come up because both the seller of cannabis and the buyer are very happy and satisfied to be completing the transaction.

Without an aggrieved party suffering harm, there is no way to use the criminal justice system - armed government thugs and guards - to attack cannabis users, the people government wants to persecute and use as fuel for its big war-on-drugs-rob-the-taxpayers-to-pay-us-for-stupid-busywork plan.

So they just changed the entire criminal justice system to guarantee wanton oppression. You aren't innocent until proven guilty. You aren't free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness anymore. You house and belongings aren't free from search and seizure by the government. The government can make your health care decisions better than you, therefore you don't make any more decisions.

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November 30, 2006

On November 27, 2006, the California Supreme Court stated in a 6-1 decision that California's Medical Marijuana Program (MMP), enacted in 2004 by Senate Bill 420, provides for immunity from prosecution for a number of marijuana-related offenses, including the offense of transporting marijuana. People v. Wright, 2006 Cal. Lexis 13946. The majority opinion stated: "By authorizing a CUA defense to these other marijuana-related offenses, the Legislature furthered its goal of 'address[ing] additional issues that were not included within the act, and that must be resolved in order to promote the fair and orderly implementation of the act.'"

The facts of People v. Wright are as follows: in 2001, Wright was charged with possession for sale and transportation of marijuana when he was arrested with an electronic scale and over a pound of marijuana contained in several small bags and two large bags. During his trial, a physician testified that he recommended Wright use marijuana to alleviate his chronic pain. Wright requested the trial court to issue a jury instruction regarding a defense under California's medical marijuana laws but the trial judge denied the instruction. Wright was convicted of possession for sale and transportation of marijuana by the trial court but the ruling was overturned on appeal because the court of appeals found that the jury should have received a CUA instruction. The state appealed to the California Supreme Court.

Brookhiser on Medical Marijuana: http://www.reason.com/blog/show/116963.html

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